Every now and then someone mentions having had a 1974 year vehicle. That always reminds me of the seatbelt interlock which, along with ugly 5 MPH bumpers, was introduced that year. The interlock was so unpopular that it was elimianted for 1975.
I worked on a car that had this relay with a button under the hood. Being the inquistive sort, I had to know... So I read the manual, and found out that the car came with seatbelt interlocks, which I had never heard of before that. This feature was disabled so the relay no longer had any function, or so I though...
Years later, I was helping a mechanic do a a side job. He had spent 15 minutes or so trying to figure it out, when I saw it, the little relay with the button on it. I pushed it and told him to try the ignition. The car fired on the first crank.
Somehow, the disabled feature had re-enabled itself, probably from a bad connection to whatever jumped it out, but upon telling the owner what the problem was, she said that it would not be necessary to fix it, as she always buckled up anyway, but AFTER starting the car. Did not start, so she had never put her belt on...
I always thought it was a good idea, and made far more sense than seatbelt chimes and passive or motorized belts.
I worked on a car that had this relay with a button under the hood. Being the inquistive sort, I had to know... So I read the manual, and found out that the car came with seatbelt interlocks, which I had never heard of before that. This feature was disabled so the relay no longer had any function, or so I though...
Years later, I was helping a mechanic do a a side job. He had spent 15 minutes or so trying to figure it out, when I saw it, the little relay with the button on it. I pushed it and told him to try the ignition. The car fired on the first crank.
Somehow, the disabled feature had re-enabled itself, probably from a bad connection to whatever jumped it out, but upon telling the owner what the problem was, she said that it would not be necessary to fix it, as she always buckled up anyway, but AFTER starting the car. Did not start, so she had never put her belt on...
I always thought it was a good idea, and made far more sense than seatbelt chimes and passive or motorized belts.